Food and Restaurants

Kunming food in its variety and diversity will never fail to satisfy travelers. Street stalls selling a great variety of delicious snacks scatters around everywhere in the city. Some of the most famous Kunming food is as follows:

Over the Bridge Rice Noodles

It is a typical Yunnan local flavor that could only be tasted in some parts of Yunnan.

This famous dish consists of several courses. The first course: put the food items, including raw pork, cooked chicken pieces, pork liver, slices of squid and slices of carp into a big bowl of chicken soup with very thick oil on top (in order to keep the heat for cooking). Vegetables are then added afterwards as the second course, and the rice noodles follow as the last course.

Steam Potted Chicken Early in the

Qian long Emperor（the fourth Emperor of the Qing Dynasty 1711—1799 AD） , the steam potted chicken became popular among the common people.

The steam pot has a hollow tube fixed in the center, up to the height of the pot. Food including the raw chicken pieces, ginger, salt and so forth is put around the tube and the pot is placed onto a bigger pot with boiling water underneath. Steam will come up from the small hole in the middle to heat the food in the pot. The Chicken will be ready about three or four hours. The same method is used to cook other food and will increase the flavor of the dish.

Er Kuai (Rice Cake)

Er Kuai is made of quality rice, pressed into its form after the rice is cooked, so it is called "rice cake". There are different ways in cooking Er Kuai. You can boil, roast, or oil fry it. Er Kuai is a very popular local dish, it is indispensable to every household during Lunar New Year family party. A special cooking method is to roast it over a charcoal fire, then put some jam on the top. Er Kuai cooked in the way is often found at the breakfast table in Yunnan.

Smoked Smelly Bean Curd

It is one of the popular snacks found in the night snack market in Kunming. Quality Bean Curd is used as the raw material and it is smoked over a charcoal fire. If you have chance to be at the night snack market in Kunming, remember to taste it yourself.

The Eight Treasures of Yunnan

Of all the well - known Yunnan cakes, the Eight Treasures of Yunnan comes the first. It is packed in eight small pieces. It consists of one hard - skin cake, a ham - stuffed moon part, two crispy white parts stuffed with puree and two crispy parts stuffed with sesame, peanuts, mushroom and rutabaga pickle.

Famous Restaurants

Qiao Xiangyuan Restaurant

This is a large upmarket restaurant group with outlets spreading over the city and other places. Characterized by special local food, warm service and the nice dining atmosphere, the group enjoys a good reputation around the area. The restaurant serves very good sample of the Over the Bridge Rice Noodle and other pot-stewed meat. Performances featuring diverse local culture are held in the dinning hall.

Jinbichun Restaurant

This is a very old restaurant having a history of over 100 years. The hotel building is a Shiheyuan-courtyard, with a gray, brick outside wall and a wide yard. The hotel offer authentic local flavors

Add: No 5 , Dahuajiao Alley, Dongshi Street, Kunming Opening Time: Opening daily from 8:30 am-11:30 pm

World Expo Jixing Yuan Restaurant

This is a luxurious restaurant serving the local food. Atmosphere here is very nice and local music is performed at the main dining hall.

Add: No 431 Bailong Road, Kunming.